The chinese gas chain is a joint venture of the chinese automotive parts and components industry corporation and the chinese autotang city, and the two state-named companies have joined forces to consolidate up-to-down resources and build a distribution bridge aimed at “low prices, full variety of zui, good quality and good service”. The chain headquarters is located in the china electronics building in the haidian district of beijing and is staffed by functional departments such as the chain department, the product department, the management department, the finance department and the it department. The base is located in the capital city of china and is equipped with functional units such as an administrative centre, a financial settlement centre, a logistics distribution centre, a after-sale service centre and an electronic commerce centre. The base has a sample display centre, a product storage centre totalling more than 10,000 squares, and over 20,000 different types of vehicle accessories. China automotive parts and components industries corporation and the chinese autobot towns corporation have pursued a strategic vision and strong alliances. They have signed strategic cooperation agreements with the general postal administration, the chinese association for peace and security. Drawing on the successful experience of domestic and foreign gas chains and drawing on the efforts of government authorities and industry associations, using the 315 national gas distribution network and e-commerce platforms, building on the top brands of china's industry, and relying on the wealth of thousands of comptoir-producing enterprises available at the chinese automotive parts and components industry corporation, by the end of 2009 more than 1,100 chains had been signed in 20 municipalities in the waihai economic zone, and planning to develop 15,000 chains throughout the country within three years. The chinese gas chain itself has developed a powerful software for the distribution of gas and a dedicated e-commerce platform that combines upstream and downstream resources to sell quality products to end-users through a single chain at a reasonable price for zui. Zui eventually produces a “middle gas chain” that is dedicated to the provision of products, “industry detection of qualified products” and “315 national network recommended products” and delivers a supply service in the form of a “product insurance” that allows suppliers and chains to reap significant profits and benefits。